Horse Slaughter in the news again

Horse slaughter is an issue that really gets people going and it is back in the news yet again.
Our friends over at Veterinarians for Equine Welfare (http://www.vetsforequinewelfare.org) have issued a press release yesterday with some very interesting detective work. Here is a portion of the Press Release -
“The AVMA is part of a coalition misleadingly [...]

Horse Hoof Health

The most important aspect of the health of a horse’s hoof is how it is trimmed.
Oh there are nutritional supplements that help and there are hoof applications that help and how you ride and what type of surface all helps in determining the health of the hoof but THE most important is how it is [...]

Suspensory Ligament Injury (PSD) prevention

A suspensory ligament injury or in more technical terms the proximal suspensory ligament disease (PSD) is an extremely common injury in performance horses. The Horse magazine has a good article giving an overview of what Dr. Sue Dyson, head of Clinical Orthopaedics at the Animal Health Trust in Newmarket, England, presented at an AAEP focus [...]

Merial rep points out my mistake!

Well look at that I have made a mistake. Merial the drug company that I have been waiting to release the recombinant DNA vaccine for the Influenza virus has already done so. In fact they released the vaccine last year!!! December 4th 2006 they announced that they added it to their line and submitted a [...]

Equine Rhino Vaccination – is it worth it?

It is the fall season and many people are inquiring about what vaccinations they should give their horse. Equine Rhino, Equine Influenza, Potomac Horse Fever, and Rabies are the common ones asked for in this area of the US. However are they worth it? Do you actually know what they do and how they protect? [...]